Wednesday, August 15, 2007
Hell In A Handbasket?
As had been predicted, food prices are rising. From several posts at Instapundit to my boss who shares a 100 acre farm with his brother, I've been hearing and reading warnings that food prices will rise. Well, they have.
The major culprit?
Backing a guaranteed failure to energy needs has not been Congress' only action. A Senate bill currently being considered would cut the U.S. economy by more than $500 billion dollars. Reportedly Ted Kennedy would still have a view of the Chesapeake Bay unhindered by windmills.
PLUS, we get this warning from David Walker, comptroller general of the US.
The difference I see is that the U.S. still has plenty of people willing to serve in the military and plenty of people still willing to work. But it seems many of our leaders don't want us to serve and work. From the loony left we hear that we are entitled to nearly everything. John McCain says we're not tough enough to pick lettuce. It's as if they want us to be lazy and indifferent so that they can run the country and get rich without interference from the citizenry. And screw the future generations.
One up-beat note however, Wal_Mart missed its profits goal. I'm not a Wal-Mart hater although I don't like to shop there because of lousy service and generally low quality goods. I see this as a good sign. Wal-Mart probably missed its goals because people are able to shop at better, more expensive stores. As people's incomes and discretionary spending increases, one of the first things they do is stop shopping at Wal-Mart.
Now contact your Senators and Congresspersons and give them some hell, even if your viewpoints differ from mine. Congress needs to be shook up.
The major culprit?
It's partly because of corn prices, driven up by congressional mandates for ethanol production, which have reduced the amount of corn available for animal feed. It's also because of tougher immigration enforcement and a late spring freeze, which have made farm laborers scarcer and damaged fruit and vegetable crops, respectively. And it's because of higher diesel fuel costs to run tractors and attractive foreign markets that take U.S. production.My boss' comments were all based on the rising price of corn due to the demand for corn to make ethanol. In no sense is corn-based ethanol the answer to our energy problems. If you do a little research you will find we can't grow enough corn and that ethanol has a low energy concentration and . But Congress may be more interested in corporate sponsorship than real answers. Ethanol is not the answer to greenhouse gases either. As I've said before, I like diesel.
Backing a guaranteed failure to energy needs has not been Congress' only action. A Senate bill currently being considered would cut the U.S. economy by more than $500 billion dollars. Reportedly Ted Kennedy would still have a view of the Chesapeake Bay unhindered by windmills.
PLUS, we get this warning from David Walker, comptroller general of the US.
The US government is on a ‘burning platform’ of unsustainable policies and practices with fiscal deficits, chronic health care underfunding, immigration and overseas military commitments threatening a crisis if action is not taken soon, the country’s top government inspector has warned.The Romans grew too lazy to do their own work including providing manpower for their armies. They turned to the barbarians to do this for them. Is there a parallel between this and illegal immigration?
Drawing parallels with the end of the Roman empire, Mr Walker warned there were “striking similarities” between America’s current situation and the factors that brought down Rome, including “declining moral values and political civility at home, an over-confident and over-extended military in foreign lands and fiscal irresponsibility by the central government”.
“Sound familiar?” Mr Walker said. “In my view, it’s time to learn from history and take steps to ensure the American Republic is the first to stand the test of time.”
The difference I see is that the U.S. still has plenty of people willing to serve in the military and plenty of people still willing to work. But it seems many of our leaders don't want us to serve and work. From the loony left we hear that we are entitled to nearly everything. John McCain says we're not tough enough to pick lettuce. It's as if they want us to be lazy and indifferent so that they can run the country and get rich without interference from the citizenry. And screw the future generations.
One up-beat note however, Wal_Mart missed its profits goal. I'm not a Wal-Mart hater although I don't like to shop there because of lousy service and generally low quality goods. I see this as a good sign. Wal-Mart probably missed its goals because people are able to shop at better, more expensive stores. As people's incomes and discretionary spending increases, one of the first things they do is stop shopping at Wal-Mart.
Now contact your Senators and Congresspersons and give them some hell, even if your viewpoints differ from mine. Congress needs to be shook up.
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